Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a flower entombed in Dominican amber, the first-ever specimen of a plant family that has given the world some of the deadliest poisons, including ...

The flowers of Strychnos electri are slim and small and trumpet-shaped. Their petals flare out at the tip to form a star, out of which a single spindly tube protrudes. They look as if they might have ...

This tiny flower is thought to be related to the poisonous Strychnos genus. George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State University The delicate structures of flowers rarely fossilize, but the sticky ...

Biologists have described a new species of extinct plant, based on two fossil flowers that were trapped in chunks of amber for at least 15 million years. Strychnos electri belongs to the genus whose ...

A new species of flower has been identified, having been trapped in amber for at least 15 million years. The flower species, from the genus Strychnos, was discovered following fossil extraction from ...

It's rare to find plant fossils intact, let alone plant fossils that go back at least 15 million years and relate to a modern pesticide. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech ...

Strychnos is the largest genus of the Loganiaceae with about 200 species distributed across Africa (including Madagascar), the Americas, Australia and Asia. Recent molecular phylogenetic effort at ...

A research team has disclosed the complete biosynthetic pathway for the formation of strychnine in the plant species Strychnos nux-vomica (poison nut). The researchers identified all genes involved in ...

This delicate flower has been preserved in amber, with each petal and tiny hair intact, for as many as 45 million years. Scientists discovered the flower in a cave in the Dominican Republic along with ...

Zimbabwe: fruit pulp is fire-, or sun-dried, for use in periods of food shortage. Mozambique (Macossa and Tamara districts): Ripe fruits, which have fallen on the ground are collected, cracked open ...

Many of us know strychnine from crime reports, novels or films. Agatha Christie had several of her victims die of strychnine poisoning. She described what is probably the best-known fictional murder ...